All aggressive monsters in the dungeon, however, can attack the players. Even when attacked by a monster, a player cannot retaliate unless the monster is part of the player's assignment. Only Bloodvelds, Nechryaels, Abyssal demons and the level 28 Kalphites are not aggressive in the dungeon.

Within the centre of the Kalphite cavern, players can search a dead entomologist for his diary, which explains how the kalphites got there.

Around the dungeon, you may find roots which you have to jump over to continue. A Woodcuttingaxe is also stronglyadvised to navigate through a section of the dungeon, especially if you do not have a Nose peg equipped (60 Slayer required), since otherwise you may have to walk past the Aberrant spectres, who can drain your Melee and Agility stats to zero in a few spells. See the map for the Aberrant spectres' location.

The dungeon has several similarites to RuneScape 3'sKuradal's Dungeon, as both dungeons' inhabitants can only be attacked on a slayer task, and two agility shortcuts. However, the Stronghold Slayer Cave Dungeon holds boss variants and many more monsters that Kuradal's Dungeon lacks.